This is amazing. Hedi really 'gets' YSL in a way that Stefano Pilati never really did. He also manages to infuse some of his rocker aesthetic into it, so it comes off as fresh and not like some copycat Saint Laurent collection.

This is amazing. Hedi really 'gets' YSL in a way that Stefano Pilati never really did. He also manages to infuse some of his rocker aesthetic into it, so it comes off as fresh and not like some copycat Saint Laurent collection.

I'm sorry to disagree but I don't really think his 'rocker' aesthetic is THAT fresh now, in 2012. This is very 70s YSL but i don't care for this one bit (apart from the tailoring of some of the suits and a particular look nothing here excites me) and omg whoever mentioned cavalli: that's what this was reminding me of.

I respectfully disagree. From the looks of it, Hedi did exactly the same thing. He applied his own personal vision on some iconic YSL pieces.
The bad thing here is, this particular fusion is quite reminiscent of other things I have seen on the runway years ago, still do once in a while, mainly coming from Cavalli.... Not sure if this rock/hobo chic is as relevant. Pretty and sexy though, it is.

exactly...
many of these pieces are things lifted straight from the ysl archives and i don't think his take is particularly modern...